DURHAM City Harrier Oliver Watson won the senior boys' title in the Durham County Schools Championships at Meadowfield.

The 16-year-old Durham Schools 800m track silver-medallist beat his Durham Central team-mate Alex Brown by nine seconds.

The senior girls' race was won by Blaydon Harrier Sophie Montgomery, the North-East 800m and 1500m under-17 track champion representing Gateshead Schools, beating Durham City Harrier Amy Etherington by 30 seconds.

Durham Central was the most successful area, winning five of the eight team races.

Results - Senior Boys (7K): 1 O Watson (Durham Central) 23.10; 2 A Brown (Dur C) 23.19; 3 C Fenwick (Easington) 23.24. Teams: 1 Durham Central 54; 2 Gateshead 92.

Inter Boys (5.2K): 1 M Smith (Wearside) 19.35; 2 K Walker (Eas) 19.37; 3 J Wood (Darlington) 19.51. Teams: 1 Darlington 70; 2 Gateshead 109; 3 South West Durham 124.

Junior Boys (4.3K): 1 R Arthur (Dur C) 16.36; 2 B Davies (Darl)16.44; 3 J Reed (Dur C) 16.47. Teams: 1 Durham Central 46; 2 Darlington 59; 3 Gateshead 143.

Minor Boys (2.2K): 1 S Hornsby (Darl) 8.24; 2 C Dougal (Dur C) 8.33; 3 R Longton (SW Dur) 8.34. Teams: 1 South West Durham 84; 2 Darlington 105; 3 Gateshead 135.

Senior Girls (4.3K): 1 S Montgomery (Gates) 17.55; 2 A Etherington (Dur C) 18.25; 3 E Alderson (Darl) 19.01. Teams: 1 Durham Central 49.

Inter Girls (3.8K): 1 D Bateman (Gates) 15.07; 2 S Burnett (Wearside) 15.19; 3 K Gunn (West Wearside) 15.25. Teams: 1 Durham Central 68; 2 Gateshead 95; 3 Darlington 139.

Junior Girls (3K): 1 S Jones (SW Dur) 11.55; 2 K Noble (Darl) 12.35; 3 H Raw (Darl) 12.43. Teams: 1 Durham Central 77; 2 Darlington 86; 3 Gateshead 132.

Minor Girls (2.2K): 1 E Phillips (Darl) 8.44; 2 E Hardie (West W) 8.52; 3 L Hardie (West W) 9.22. Teams: 1 West Wearside 64; 2 Darlington 96; 3 Durham Central 122.

HOSTS Durham City Harriers had to settle for two sets of silver medals in yesterday's annual Cathedral Cross Country Relays.

Defending men's champions Morpeth Harriers retained their title, beating Durham by 16 seconds over the new 3x3K course, with Gateshead a further 54 seconds behind. Newcastle University won the women's event, finishing 17 minutes clear. Elswick Harriers won the North-East Counties over 35 veteran's championship, beating runners-up Wallsend by over a minute.

Results - Senior Men (3x3K): 1 Morpeth (L Timmins, N Swinburn, M Nicholson) 27 mins 45 secs; 2 Durham City (D Garbutt, D Jenkin, B Douglas) 28.01; 3 Gateshead 28.55. M35 (inc NE Champs): 1' Elwick 31.37; 2 Wallsend 32.42; 3 Morpeth 32.50. M45 Tyne Bridge 31.36. M55 Sunderland 37.24. M65 Claremont 44.17.

Senior Women3x3K): 1 Newcastele University (R Martin, A Pettit, R Rigby) 35.15; 2 Durham City (C Price, A Etherington, L Buttunshaw) 35.32; 3 Jarrow & Hebburn 35.44. W35: North Shields Polytechnic 36.33.